Spoiler: There was much love for the evil-spewing Furlong, and youll never believe who Louis-Dreyfus chose.

(Unless you guessed Richard.

Then you were spot-on.)

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“I mean, he was just so openly mocked.

How Matt played it it just looked like a lot of fun.

His adopted kids, everything was so sad he was such a sad sack.

Kevin Dunn and Matt Walsh split

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I loved that character.

“He’s cocky.

I like his cockiness.

Matt-Walsh

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Danny Chung thinks he’s a player.

That would be fun.

“Being given permission in a creative setting to say such unconscionable things sounds very fun.

Sarah-Sutherland

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“Trying to mimic his deep baritoned deadpan was an f-in blast.

“I like her guilelessness, but it’s not a guilelessness in the same fashion of Richard.

She’s just doing the best thing for the country and for the world.”

Gary Cole and Kevin Dunn split

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“He is so dumb, and playing dumb is really, really fun,” says Hale.

“You just love him so much.

He tries really, really, really hard, and that’s really fun to play.

Reid Scott and Gary Cole split

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And it might be fun to explore someone who is just intrinsically good and kind.

That would have been an interesting challenge and certainly a big gear shift.

Anna-Chlumsky

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Tony Hale and Matt Walsh split

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Tim-Simons

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Clea DuVall and Lennon Parham split

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Sam Richardson split

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